Officials now worry more breaks on the force-main could be the reason for the sudden sinkhole. They tell us two smaller sinkholes opened up nearby Friday and Saturday. Right now no services are disrupted to neighboring homes and no one else has been forced out yet. Folks who live nearby are on edge.

Officials say repairs will take several days, but it will be several weeks before its back to normal. Crews plan to replace part of the sewer line and investigate just how big the sinkhole is underground. It's unclear when Jenkins and her family will be allowed back inside their home.

"We just have to wait and see," she said.

Sinkholes are fairly common in Pennsylvania. A scientist with the DaVinci Science Center in Allentown tells 69 News the entire Lehigh Valley could be at risk for a major collapse. David Smith explains that underneath the soil is a limestone bedrock. It's extremely difficult to predict when or where a sinkhole will happen.

"A sink hole is an area of the ground that's collapsed, usually because the material underneath has been dissolved away, in Pennsylvania it's because we have limestone being dissolved away," Smith explained. "Ultimately the soil above the limestone collapsing into that cavern."

Most homeowner's insurance does not cover a sinkhole collapse.

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